The full copy of the Minister’s report is here
Very relevant extract is below
All posts by Gary Buck
Initial feedback from Planning Minister on Metro Tunnel
It seems that the findings from Richard Wynne will come out today. The Age has already published this article. Main theme seems to be that the project will need to allow for a future South Yarra station. No mention of moving Domain Station or changing tack on technologies.
As expected, full steam ahead.
More on 412 St Kilda Rd…lots of info
All of the various planning documents have been submitted to City of Port Phillip for 412 St Kilda Rd (old Police Building). I feel like a broken record but again, their will be pain with the demolition and construction process but this proposal seems MUCH better than the renovation that the City of PP has already approved.
This table shows the improvements
The photos above show the way they are intending to treat Bowen Cres – including a Station drop off bay and their flashy rooftop.
Ideally it will occur concurrently with the Metro Rail work. We do know that Metro Rail have spoken to the site owner and both parties are intending to work co-operatively.
A full copy of the various documents is available on the City of Port Phillip web site. It is currently open for public comment.
Where will the temporary tram tracks go?
I know that there is some confusion about the exact location of the temporary tram tracks outside The Botanica. Metro Rail have the attached maps which have a lot of detail.
It shows the trees that will be removed for the #8 tram works (orange), the trees that will go as part of the service relocation work / station box (blue) and others (purple). As will so often be the case with this work, there is good news and bad news.
The bad news is that we lose our close trees (on footpath) but the good news is we keep our median strip ones for now – the bigger healthier ones. Also good that the tram is not under our windows but that is because the digging will be (later on).
Current plan – minimum of one lane of cars in each directions plus trams plus bikes
New building proposed for 412 St Kilda Rd
Building proposed for 424 St Kilda Rd
Metro Rail – Fact sheets
Unfortunately I am overseas and was unable to attend last night’s community meeting.
I notice that many of the ‘fact sheets’ have now been updated and are available here. They cover many of the day to day questions, on trees, condition reports, air quality and much more.
I’d encourage you to read them.
Image of new tram stop v near Botanica
Image of the new tram stop in St Kilda Rd near Toorak Rd. Shows also where it will be built. Graphic in today’s age was wrong
Age article on Toorak Rd tram changes
There is an article in today’s Age on the upcoming tram changes. It has a good picture of what the new Toorak Rd tram stop will look like.
The full story is here
While the story is right – the map has a number of errors…be careful
You can ask more questions tomorrow night at the public meeting. It starts at 6pm at South Yarra Senior Citizens Centre, 65 Toorak Rd West, South Yarra (Fawkner Park).
Lift upgrade
You will have noticed that the lift upgrade is done – well almost, they just need to fix the ground floor indicators.
I just wanted to pass on my thanks to Perry Cho. He is a long term owner and very keen photographer. He provided, free of charge, the image that appears on the screens in the lifts. You can see some of his other photos here
The Botanica 
You must be logged in to post a comment.